Orbital Reflector

Orbital Reflector is a reflective, mylar sculpture by Trevor Paglen launched into the night sky as a temporary satellite. Co-produced by the Nevada Museum of Art, the $1.3 million project had the objective of being the first “purely artistic” object in space. The satellite launched into space 3 December 2018. Originally it was expected to remain in orbit for three months, after which it would immolate upon reentry to the Earth's atmosphere. However, the sculpture (an inflatable mylar balloon with reflective surface) failed to deploy, and is lost in orbit, thus constituting space junk. It was expected to burn up in the atmosphere within the next few years.[1]

Orbital Reflector
ArtistTrevor Paglen
Year2018
Websitewww.orbitalreflector.com

Orbital Reflector launched on Monday, December 3rd, at 10:34 a.m. EST on board the SpaceX Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express.[2]

See also

Further reading
  • Cascone, Sarah (August 23, 2018). "Trevor Paglen Is About to Launch a Reflective Sculpture Into Outer Space, and Astronomers Are Really Pissed Off About It". Artnet News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  • Cascone, Sarah (August 23, 2018). "Trevor Paglen Responds to Astronomers Who Criticize His Space-Based Art—and Has a Few Questions for Them, Too". Artnet News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  • Chow, Denise (August 22, 2018). "Artist's artificial 'star' will take public art to new heights". NBC News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  • Curiel, Jonathan (April 5, 2018). "Trevor Paglen's Satellite of Love". SF Weekly. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  • Dvorsky, George (August 16, 2018). "Hey Artists, Stop Putting Shiny Crap Into Space". Gizmodo. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  • Knapton, Sarah (August 12, 2018). "Heavens to shine with new 'star' as first space sculpture prepares for launch". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
  • Nunes, Andrew; Wagley, Catherine (February 12, 2019). "Far Out! These 5 Cosmic Art Projects Prove That Outer Space Is the Next Avant-Garde Frontier". Artnet News. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  • Sohn, Timothy (November 28, 2018). "SpaceX Is Launching a Piece of Art Into Orbit". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028.

References
  1. "How Donald Trump ruined a space art project". May 7, 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. King, Bob. "SpaceX Launches Orbiting Sculpture in the Sky". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
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